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Latitude: 56.267 / 56°16'1"N
Longitude: -3.7803 / 3°46'49"W
OS Eastings: 289835
OS Northings: 709701
OS Grid: NN898097
Mapcode National: GBR 1K.92PL
Mapcode Global: WH5PM.XR11
Entry Name: Cecilmount, fort 350m SW of
Scheduled Date: 1 March 2000
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7585
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort)
Location: Blackford
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Strathallan
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises a fort of prehistoric date, visible as parchmarks on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in pasture at around 135m OD. It comprises a fort measuring about 75m W-E by about 70m N-S overall. It is defined by two parallel ditches enclosing a roughly triangular area. The ditches are about 4m apart, and both measure about 1.5m wide.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related material may be expected to be found. It is sub-rectangular, measuring a maximum of 90m E-W by a maximum of 110m N-S, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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